diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
index c6549dff6..32e6f5ed1 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class SimpleMongoRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> implements MongoR
 		}
 
 		if (allNew) {
-			mongoOperations.insertAll(result);
+			mongoOperations.insert(result, entityInformation.getCollectionName());
 		} else {
 
 			for (S entity : result) {
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java
index 10aaa8564..9ca02afba 100755
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.*;
 import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoJsonPoint;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Address;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Person;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.User;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Person.Sex;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.User;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.MongoEntityInformation;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
@@ -405,6 +405,24 @@ public class SimpleMongoRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(result, is(equalTo(2L)));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1896
+	public void saveAllUsesEntityCollection() {
+
+		Person first = new PersonExtended();
+		first.setEmail("foo@bar.com");
+		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(first, "id", null);
+
+		Person second = new PersonExtended();
+		second.setEmail("bar@foo.com");
+		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(second, "id", null);
+
+		repository.deleteAll();
+
+		repository.save(Arrays.asList(first, second));
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll(), containsInAnyOrder(first, second));
+	}
+
 	private void assertThatAllReferencePersonsWereStoredCorrectly(Map<String, Person> references, List<Person> saved) {
 
 		for (Person person : saved) {